Art Buchwald Quotes

How amazing it is that friendships can become so full that you can't imagine what your life was like before them.

Their friendship was only one aspect of their lives but it seemed to give meaning to all the others.

Some of the choicest blessings of my life have been the close friendships I have experienced over the years. Often, these friendships have been forged in the fires of shared experience.

She thought of how precious it was to be able to know another person over many years. There was incomparable richness in it.

There are many people that we meet in our lives. But only a very few will make a lasting impression on our minds and hearts.

In death, we are not defined by what we did or who we were but by what we meant to others. How well we loved and were loved in return.

So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near-- Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry." It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you . . ." Yes, that is so," said the fox. But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince. Yes, that is so," said the fox. Then it has done you no good at all!" It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields.

There is no more precious experience in life than friendship. And I am not forgetting love and marriage as I write this; the lovers, or the man and wife, who are not friends are but weakly joined together. One enlarges his circle of friends through contact with many people. One who limits those contacts narrows the circle and frequently his own point of view as well.

One friend in a lifetime is much; two are many; three are hardly possible.

Too often, a vast collection of possessions ends up possessing its owner. The asset I most value, aside from health, is interesting, diverse, and long-standing friends.

Real friendships among men are so rare that when they occur they are famous.

Really being friends is the most important part, I think, of any relationship.

Friendship should be more than biting time can sever.

Whatever will happen will happen, but choose your companions with care. Choose them because you like to look at them and you like the sound of their voices, and they have profound secrets in them that you wish to know. In other words, choose them because you love them. Otherwise you will not be able to bear their company for very long.

Life's meaning heavily benefits from lifelong bonds.

At a certain age just being around particular people is an event.

It comes a time in your life that you will no longer live for yourself anymore. You never know how much a person can mean to you until one comes into your life, and changes it for the best.

For all of us, whether we walk old paths or blaze new trails, friends remain important.

All friends are not for life, but if you have a true friend, you have a life.

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

As everyone applauds and sips champagne, I smile back at Rachel, thinking she got it just right. Love and friendship. They are what makes us who we are and what can change us, if we let them.

What wealth is it to have such friends that we cannot think of them without elevation!

I get very nostalgic for times and places and experiences, but I have a wonderful group of core friends and family who I love and adore, so I don't mourn the loss of any particular friendship. I think they're all part of a path, and the ones that really mean something are still important in my life.

So much of me is made of what I learned from you; you'll be with me like a handprint on my heart and now whatever way our stories end I know you have re-written mine by being my friend

Many thousands of people have had the experience of finding the first friend, and it is none the less a wonder; as great a wonder (pace the novelists) as first love, or even greater.